Truth Be Told

[Intro: Guilty Simpson & Sample] [Sample] Oh baby it's been so... [Guilty Simpson] Yeah [Sample] Long... [Guilty Simpson] True A lotta rappers be lyin', man Scared to face the reality of truth Yeah, it's true Check me, check me, yo [Verse 1: Guilty Simpson] I didn't have the drive To put in time To keep hoop dreams alive I was busy with the women Thinkin' I was livin' All the while slippin' Losin' stride, uh I used to hustle, baggin' up weed But wasn't smart enough to separate my wants from needs I was smokin' with the crew for fun All the while losin' funds Burnin' all my tree I tried to be a thug Fightin' with mothafuckas and tearin' up the club I don't know what it was I needed that direction To deal with my aggression Instead of pullin' weapons Squeezin' slugs Yeah I was broke Rarely had dope We had to ante up smoke Sayin' what I wrote with hope I told myself, "You want change, that's cool Remember change starts with you" [Hook: Guilty Simpson & Sample] x2 It's true... It's true Yeah, it's true It's true [Verse 2: Guilty Simpson] I didn't have the discipline to stick with it To be a football star, experimentin' with the bottle Ignorin' positive role models Plus my homeboy had a car, shit Yeah we was ghostin' Visitin' chicks, skippin' school At the time, I thought it was cool Shit, I had an older woman, but didn't know nothin' She had another man, I was just a fool, fuck it I tried college Mama said "Son, you gotta do better" Kicked out first semester Beefin' with the locals over stuff That I didn't give a fuck about What they did, so we bucked it out Too much pride To let somebody's bullshit ride So I would happily shoot the five Yeah, I needed change but I had to tell myself "You want change, you start with you" [Hook] x2 [Outro: Guilty Simpson] It's true That's that realness Dice Game It's true